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Rulon W. Clark Curriculum Vitae Page 1 RULON W. CLARK CURRICULUM VITAE Rulon W. Clark, Professor Department of Biology p. 619-594-1527 5500 Campanile Drive f. 619-594-5676 San Diego State University [email protected] San Diego, CA 92182 http://www.bio.sdsu.edu/pub/clark/ P ROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Professor, Department of Biology, San Diego State University, 2020 – present Associate Professor, Department of Biology, San Diego State University, 2013 – 2020 Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, San Diego State University, 2007 – 2013 Postdoctoral Research, Cornell University, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, 2004 – 2007 Ph.D., Cornell University, Neurobiology and Behavior, 1997 – 2004 B.S., Biology, Utah State University, 1994 – 1997 PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS *SDSU graduate student ‡SDSU undergraduate student 1. ‡Hammond JE, ‡Witkowski S, ‡Wison T, ‡Zouvi CA, ‡Goetz NL, ‡Eck N, Clark RW, 2020. Know thy enemy: predator identity influences the response of western banded geckos (Coleonyx variegatus) to chemosensory cues. Journal of Herpetology, in press. 2. Teshera MS, Clark RW, 2020. Strike-induced chemosensory searching in reptiles: a review. Herpetological Monographs, in press. 3. *Whitford MD, *Freymiller GA, Higham, TE, Clark RW, 2020. The effects of temperature on the kinematics of rattlesnake predatory strikes in both captive and field environments. Integrative Organismal Biology, 2:cov011-13.. 4. Glaudas X, *Rice SE, Clark RW, Graham A, 2020. Male energy reserves, mate‐searching activities, and reproductive success: alternative resource use strategies in a presumed capital breeder. Oecologia, 194:415-425. 5. Levine BA, Schuett GW, Clark RW, Repp RA, Herrmann HW, Booth W, 2020. No evidence of male-biased sexual selection in a snake with conventional Darwinian sex roles. Royal Society Open Science 7:201261. 6. Holding MA, *Putman BJ, Kong L, Smith JE, Clark RW, 2020. Physiological stress integrates resistance to rattlesnake venom and the onset of risky foraging in California ground squirrels. Toxins, 12:617. 7. *Whitford MD, *Freymiller GA, Higham, TE, Clark RW, 2020. The effects of temperature on the defensive strike of rattlesnakes. Journal of Experimental Biology, 223:jeb223859 8. Stanley TR¶, Clark RW¶, Fisher RN, Rochester CJ, Root SA, Lombardo KJ, Ostermann- Kelm SD, 2020. Long-term monitoring reveals changes in abundance and body size among vertebrate species occupying an insular urban habitat reserve. Conservation Science and Practice 2:734. ¶Denotes co-senior authors. UPDATED NOVEMBER 2020 Rulon W. Clark Curriculum Vitae Page 2 9. Ko YW, Liao CP, Clark RW, Hsu JY, Tseng HY, Huang WS, 2020. Aposematic coloration enhances memory ability in an Agamid lizard. Animal Behaviour 161:1-13. 10. Glaudas X, *Rice SE, Clark RW, Graham A, 2020. The intensity of sexual selection, body size and reproductive success in a mating system with male-male combat: Is bigger better? Oikos, 129:998-1011. 11. *Whitford MD, *Freymiller GA, Clark RW, 2019. Managing predators: the influence of kangaroo rat antisnake displays on sidewinder rattlesnake hunting behavior. Ethology 279:3827-7. 12. *Whitford MD, *Freymiller GA, Higham TE, Clark RW, 2019. Determinants of predation success: How to survive an attack from a rattlesnake. Functional Ecology, 33:1099-1109. 13. *Schraft HA, Bakken GS, Clark RW, 2019. Infrared-sensing snakes select ambush orientation based on thermal backgrounds. Scientific Reports 9:3950. 14. *Freymiller GA, *Whitford MD, Higham TE, Clark RW, 2019. Escape dynamics of free- ranging desert kangaroo rats (Rodentia: Heteromyidae) evading rattlesnake strikes. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 127:164-172. 15. *Schraft HA, Clark RW, 2019. Sensory basis of navigation in snakes: the relative importance of eyes and pit organs. Animal Behaviour 147:77-82. 16. Bakken GS, *Schraft HA, ‡Cattell RW, ‡Tiu DB, Clark RW, 2018. Cooler snakes respond more strongly to infrared stimuli, but we have no idea why. The Journal of Experimental Biology 221:jeb182121–17 17. *Lion KA, *Rice SE, Clark RW, 2018. Genetic patterns in fragmented habitats: a case study for two Peromyscus species in southern California. Journal of Mammalogy 99:923–935. 18. *Schraft HA, Goodman C, Clark RW, 2018. Do free-ranging rattlesnakes use thermal cues to evaluate prey? Journal of Comparative Physiology A 204:295–303. 19. Lee CY, Yo SP, Clark RW, Hsu JY, Liao CP, Tseng HY, Huang WS, 2018. The role of different visual characters of weevils signalling aposematism to sympatric lizard predators. Journal of Zoology 306:36–47. 20. *Rice SE, ‡Moustakas E, Nava R, Glaudas X, Alexander GJ, Clark RW, 2017. Characterization of 11 cross-amplifying microsatellite loci for Bitis arietans (Merrem, 1820). Herpetology Notes 10:329-333. 21. *Freymiller GA, *Whitford MD, Higham TE, Clark RW, 2017. Recent interactions with snakes enhance escape performance of desert kangaroo rats (Rodentia: Heteromyidae) during simulated attacks. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 122: 651-660. 22. ‡Ayon RW, *Putman, BJ, Clark RW, 2017. Recent encounters with rattlesnakes enhance ground squirrel responsiveness to predator cues. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 71:149. 23. *Whitford MD, *Freymiller GA, ‡Ryan JM, Steele DPJ, Tapia CN, Clark RW, 2017, Chionactic occipitalis: hypomelanism. Herpetology Notes 10:411-412 24. *Schraft HA, Clark RW, 2017. Kangaroo rats change temperature when investigating rattlesnake predators. Physiology & Behavior 173:174-18 25. *Putman BJ, Clark RW, 2017. Behavioral thermal tolerances of free-ranging rattlesnakes (Crotalus oreganus) during the summer foraging season. Journal of Thermal Biology 65:8-15 26. *Whitford MA, *Freymiller GA, Clark RW, 2017. Avoiding the serpent's tooth: predator- prey interactions between free-ranging sidewinder rattlesnakes and desert kangaroo rats. Animal Behaviour 130:73-78. Rulon W. Clark Curriculum Vitae Page 3 27. Higham TE, Clark RW, Collins CE, *Whitford MD, *Freymiller GA, 2017. Rattlesnakes are extremely fast and variable when striking at kangaroo rats in nature: three-dimensional high- speed kinematics at night. Science Reports 7:40412. 28. *Rice SE, Beasley RR, Lance SL, Jones KL, Clark RW, 2016. Development of 24 polymorphic microsatellite markers for the Island Night Lizard (Xantusia riversiana). Conservation Genetics Resources 8:169–196. 29. Clark RW, Dorr SW, *Whitford MD, *Freymiller GA, Hein SR, 2016. Comparison of anti- snake displays in the sympatric desert rodents Xerospermophilus tereticaudus (round-tailed ground squirrels) and Dipodomys deserti (desert kangaroo rats). Journal of Mammalogy 97:1709-1717. 30. *Kabes LE, Clark RW, 2016. The use of chemical cues by Granite Night Lizards (Xantusia henshawi) to evaluate potential predation risk. Copeia 104:930–941. 31. *Rice S, Clark RW, 2016. Xantusia riversiana (Island Night Lizard) amelanism. Herpetological Review 47:675. 32. Maritz B, Penner J, Martins M, Crnobrnja-Isailović J, Spear S, Alencar LRV, Sigala- Rodriguez J, Messenger K, Clark RW, Soorae P, Luiselli L, Jenkins C, Greene HW, 2016. Identifying global priorities for the conservation of vipers. Biological Conservation 204:94- 102. 33. *Putman BJ, *Barbour MA, Clark RW, 2016. The foraging behavior of free-ranging rattlesnakes (Crotalus oreganus) in California ground squirrel (Otospermophilus beecheyi) colonies. Herpetologica 72:55-63. 34. *Rice S, *Putman BJ, *Schraft H, Clark RW, 2016. Crotalus oreganus helleri (Southern Pacific Rattlesnake), loss of rattle style and matrix. Herpetological Review 47:679. 35. Pike DA, Clark RW, Manica A, Tseng H-Y, Hsu J-Y, Huang W-S, 2016. Surf and turf: predation by egg-eating snakes has led to the evolution of parental care in a terrestrial lizard. Science Reports 10.1038/srep22207 36. Clark RW, Dorr SW, Whitford MD, ‡Freymiller GA, *Putman BJ, 2016. Activity cycles and foraging behaviors of free-ranging sidewinder rattlesnakes (Crotalus cerastes): the ontogeny of hunting in a precocial vertebrate. Zoology 119:196-206. 37. *Putman BJ, Clark, RW, 2015. Habitat manipulation in hunting rattlesnakes (Crotalus species). Southwestern Naturalist 60:374-377. 38. *Hoss SK, Deutschman DH, Booth W, Clark RW, 2015. Post‐birth separation affects the affiliative behaviour of kin in a pitviper with maternal attendance. Biological Journal of Linnean Society 116:637-648. 39. *Putman BJ, Clark RW, 2015. Crotalus oreganus (Northern Pacific Rattlesnake): non- rattling tail display. Herpetological Review 46:269–270. 40. *Putman BJ, Coss RG, Clark RW, 2015. The ontogeny of antipredator behavior: age differences in California ground squirrels (Otospermophilus beecheyi) at multiple stages of rattlesnake encounters. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 69:1447–1457. 41. *Santana FE, Swaisgood RR, Lemm JM, Fisher RN, Clark RW, 2015. Chilled frogs are hot: hibernation and reproduction of the Endangered mountain yellow-legged frog Rana muscosa. Endangered Species Research 27:43–51. 42. *Putman BJ, Clark RW, 2015. The fear of unseen predators: ground squirrel tail flagging in the absence of snakes signals vigilance. Behavioral Ecology 26:185-193. Rulon W. Clark Curriculum Vitae Page 4 43. *Hoss SK, Garcia MJ, Early RL, Clark RW, 2014. Fine-scale hormonal patterns associated with birth and maternal care in the cottonmouth (Agkistrodon piscivorus), a North American pitviper snake. General and Comparative Endocrinology 208:85-93. 44. Clark RW, Schuett GA, Repp RA, Amarello M, Smith CF, Herrmann HW, 2014. Mating systems, reproductive success, and sexual selection in a secretive species: A case